Sugar manufacturing companies face significant External and Internal challenges. While most of the external challenges are not easily controllable, the internal challenges are controllable. Organizations have to use the right strategy, approach, methodologies and tools to overcome these controllable challenges, in order to sustain business profitability.

Overview

We believe a small and incremental change in some key parameters could significantly impact profitability. Often, most of these parameters do not run along Benchmarked range. Controlling known parameters in a plant can result in large savings.

While most organizations have access to data (in the form of reports) from either home grown systems or proprietary ERP systems such as SAP, ORACLE or others, managing these Key parameters is a different challenge.

We believe the challenges associated in achieving expected results are:

Offering

Manage individual, departmental and organizational performance based on Key performance indicators and business data using Dossiers, Dashboards and Scorecards.

Improving Operation Efficiencies

Define what caused the gaps between expected results and actual achievements, identify action plans that would bridge the gap and ensure that they are acted upon on time. A systematic way of defining these gaps periodically, followed with management review improves operational efficiencies.

Production Management

Track and manage quantitative and qualitative data related to production. Quality data inputs can be made directly without having to look up log table. Setup minimum, maximum benchmarks for performance of each data point. A comprehensive Production console enables analyzing of key production parameters.Get better insights and manage differently by reviewing traditional report information in DMR, RT7C, etc

Mobile Cane Management System

Provide Cane Procurement Officers with a Mobile device such as a Tablet PC (Tab) with Ibhar Mobile CMS to empower them with information and to spend more time with the cane growers. It covers Cane Registration, Planting, Cane Monitoring and Development, Harvesting and Disposal related functions.

Cross functional projects

Define, monitor and manage Projects which are classified for their importance based on an organizational criterion. Mitigate risks associated with cross functional projects by communicating activities and milestones easily and then reviewing progress.

Goal Setting

Set organizational goals and deploy them through a well aligned and structured process. A differentiated goal setting and principal accountabilities definition for roles ensure that organizational goals are reviewed with rigor by senior management while departmental and individual goals are managed well by departmental heads.

Appraisals

An objective methodology of appraisals would ensure improved retention and contribution from employees.

Balanced Scorecard

Use the balanced scorecard to deploy strategy across the organization through well-defined themes. Define departmental performance and unit performance

Structured Reviews

Review performance in a structured manner and reduce time and effort spent by senior management preparing for reviews. Record decisions and action points from every meeting and track progress, completion.

Key Benefits

Ensures defining Cost conscious Benchmarks and accountability as a mandatory function for close monitoring of activities and performance

Ensures continuous online reviewing of accurate and reliable data by superiors and self reviewing against the committed/ given task

Ensures Transparency between Manager and direct report in sharing views and constraints in achieving goals

Ensures Superiors are made accountable for the success or failure of their team members

Eliminates subjective decisions on people

Facilitates in adapting to Continuous Improvements, building a learning and knowledge based organization

A single system to monitor and manage entire operations as well as Projects during season and Off season

A web enabled system fully integrated to Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes providing a single unified view across plants, Corporate and other areas providing a robust and user friendly IT system, without which the day to day operational efficiencies cannot be monitored, intelligently and effectively for improved performance